Egypt's Shura Council and constitution panel ruled 'invalid'

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Egypt's top court has ruled that the upper house, or Shura Council, and a panel that drafted the new constitution are invalid.

The Supreme Constitutional Court ruled that the laws governing the election of members of the Islamist-dominated Shura Council and the constitutional panel were illegal.

But the court said the Shura would only be dissolved after new elections.

Egypt has faced a string of court cases challenging official institutions.

Islamist President Mohammed Morsi had established the 100-member constitutional panel to draw up the new document.

The constitution was adopted by a nationwide vote in December.

It was unclear what effect the ruling would have on the legitimacy of the constitution.

The Supreme Constitutional Court had ruled last year that the electoral law under which both houses of parliament were elected was invalid, prompting its dissolution.

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In this article there are video interviews with lawyers outside the court and they say this means that the President should dissolve the Council, and that everything resulting from this illegal committee is invalid thus throwing the new constitution in the garbage.

And here's what the New York Times says about the ruling. Egypt's Courts Strike a Blow Against Morsi and his Allies